CDT Class Wizard Enhancements This document serves as the current "Record of Understanding" for the requirements of the Class Wizard for the Eclipse CDT.

A picture is worth a thousand words. The following mock-up illustrates how the Class Wizard could possibly function:

• Clicking the Add button should bring up a type selection dialog (a la Open Type) where you can pick an existing base class (or struct).
• Clicking the Remove button removes a base class.

In the Base Classes table:

• Name - the name of the base class
• Access - drop-down list of Public, Protected, or Private.
• Virtual - drop-down Yes/No whether the inheritance is virtual.

The Enclosing Type can be an existing class or namespace.

• The Class must already exist in the project. Clicking the Browse button brings up a type selection dialog where you can pick an existing class. The Header File field is automatically disabled and filled in with the location of the existing class.
• The Namespace need not exist in the project. Clicking the Browse button brings up a type selection dialog where you can pick an existing namespace.

In the Method Stubs table:

• Name - name of method stub
• Access - drop-down list of Public, Protected, or Private.
• Virtual - drop-down list of Yes/No whether the method is virtual.
• Inline - drop-down list of Yes/No whether the method is to be inlined (method body entirely in header file).

The default stubs would be:

• constructor - class constructor method
• destructor - class destructor method (select Yes from the Virtual drop-down list for a virtual destructor)

In the future, additional stubs could be added, e.g.:

• copy constructor
• assignment operator
• override base class methods
• implement pure virtual methods

By default, the path field should contain the location of the selected project/file/folder when the class wizard was opened. The header filename is constructed from the Name field + ".h" but can be overriden if needed. Clicking the Browse button brings up a file selection dialog where you can pick an existing header file.

The include guard checkbox, if selected, causes the generated header file to be wrapped with #ifdef macros. This field is disabled if the header file already exists.

By default, the path field should contain the location of the selected project/file/folder when the class wizard was opened. The source filename is constructed from the Name field + ".cpp" but can be overriden if needed. Clicking the Browse button brings up a file selection dialog where you can pick an existing source file.